ACCORDING TO T-M-Z… HE’S ACCUSED OF PUNCHING A TEENAGER.
IT APPARENTLY HAPPENED WHILE KANYE AND HIS WIFE KIM KARDASHIAN WERE SHOPPING.
THE WHITE 18-YEAR-OLD STARTED YELLING RACIAL SLURS…
KIM CALLED KANYE FOR HELP…
HE ALLEGEDLY CHASED DOWN THE TEEN AND PUNCHED HIM.
WEST IS ALREADY CHARGED WITH HITTING A PHOTOGRAPHER LAST SUMMER.

ITALIAN RESEARCHERS SAY GIVING A NEWBORN PROBIOTICS CAN HELP PREVENT STOMACH PROBLEMS, LIKE COLIC AND ACID REFLUX.
THEY STUDIED MORE THAN 500 BABIES FOR THREE MONTHS.
DURING THAT TIME… THE ONES WHO WERE FED PRO-BIOTICS CRIED LESS AND HAD FEWER STOMACH PROBLEMS.

ON THE HEALTHWATCH THIS MORNING
TWO REALITY SHOWS MAY HAVE ACTUALLY HELPED LOWER TEEN PREGNANCY
THAT’S ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY OUT OF WELLESLEY COLLEGE.
RESEARCHERS SAY THE M-T-V SHOWS “TEEN MOM” AND “16 AND PREGNANT” MAY HAVE PREVENTED MORE THAN 20-THOUSAND TEEN PREGNANCIES IN 20-10.
RESEARCHERS ALSO FOUND THE SHOWS LED TO MORE WEB SEARCHES AND TWEETS ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL.

NEW DEVELOPMENTS THIS MORNING IN THE WEST VIRGINIA CHEMICAL SPILL.
TAP WATER BANS ARE BEING LIFTED IN MORE AREAS… AND SOME BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS ARE STARTING TO RE-OPEN AROUND CHARLESTON.
BUT IT COULD STILL BE DAYS BEFORE EVERYONE IS CLEAR TO DRINK THE WATER AGAIN.
SCHOOLS ARE STILL CLOSED.
THIS ALL STARTED WHEN A CHEMICAL USED IN COAL MINING LEAKED INTO A RIVER.

WHO’S HAPPIER?
MARRIED COUPLES WITH KIDS OR THOSE WITHOUT?
A NEW STUDY SHOWS MARRIED COUPLES WHO DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN WIN OUT.
RESEARCHERS FOUND BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WHO DIDN’T HAVE KIDS RANKED THEIR MARRIAGE HIGHER THAN THOSE WHO DID.
BUT THEY ALSO FOUND THAT WOMEN WHO DO HAVE KIDS… ARE HAPPIER THAN THOSE WITHOUT.

ON THE HEALTHWATCH THIS MORNING…
BRAIN TRAINING CAN HELP OLDER ADULTS STAY SHARP FOR YEARS.
THAT’S ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY OUT OF JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.
THEY HAD A GROUP OF ADULTS DO BRAIN EXERCISES… LIKE REMEMBERING LISTS OF WORDS AND LEARNING HOW TO FIND VISUAL INFORMATION MORE QUICKLY.
TEN YEARS LATER — THOSE ADULTS WERE ABLE TO REMEMBER MORE… REASON BETTER… AND PROCESS INFORMATION FASTER.

IF YOU WANT TO STOP SNACKING SO MUCH BETWEEN MEALS – –
THEN TRY ADDING AVOCADO TO YOUR LUNCH.
A GROUP OF OVERWEIGHT PEOPLE WHO ATE AVOCADO WERE 40 PERCENT LESS LIKELY TO EAT A SNACK IN THE AFTERNOON.
WHILE THE AVOCADO INDUSTRY PAID FOR THE STUDY… RESEARCHERS SAY THAT DID NOT IMPACT THEIR RESULTS.